1-year-old baby dies after being left in hot car, Miami-Dade cops say

Police say a 1-year-old boy died after being found inside a car parked at a shopping plaza where witnesses said his mother works at a beauty salon.

Miami-Dade police tell news outlets that the child was taken to a hospital on Wednesday afternoon, where he later died.

Officials said several calls came in shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday about a child left unattended in a car at the plaza near Bird Road and Southwest 97th Avenue. Witnesses told local television stations that the mother works at the salon there.

The woman reportedly went to work at 9 a.m. and her child was discovered about 12:30 p.m., WFOR-Ch. 4 reported.

The temperatures were in the lower 80s in the Miami area on Wednesday afternoon.

Whether the woman would face any charges will be determined by Miami-Dade prosecutors, WPLG-Ch. 10 reported Thursday.

“This is the first U.S. child that has died this year due to heatstroke in a vehicle,” Amber Andreasen, director of the national organization, kidsandcars.org said by email.

According to that organization, Florida ranks second in the nation for heat-related deaths of children left in vehicles — with 90 such fatalities since 1992.